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Skin Substitute Graft, Trunk or Limbs, Large Wound

Iowa rates for HCPCS 15273

Placement of a skin substitute, a manufactured or donor sheet laid over a wound or burn to help it heal, on the trunk, an arm or a leg. This covers the first portion of a wound that spans a large area of skin; in infants and small children the area treated is measured as a share of total body surface.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skin Substitute Graft, Trunk or Limbs, Large Wound cost?

$4,029

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,029 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$282 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$813 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,943Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $398

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 18th of 49

$4,029

$398 physician + $3,631 facility

IN $10,257ND $691

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.